Receptacle.



G. R. UN'KEFEH.

i RECEHACLE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19, `NHL autented Jam. 14, 1919.

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RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application lerl February 19, 1917. Serial No; 149,438.

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Be it known that ll, Gnonen lt. Unnnrnn, citi-zen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented a certain new and use ful llmprovement in Receptacles, of' which the following is a full, clear, concise, and eX- act description.

My invention relates to receptacles that are provided with discharge spouts, receptacles of this kind being used, for example, in packaging paint, varnish, molasses, etc. l provide the spout of such a receptacle With a' cap, and the receptacle itself l provide with flexible tongues whose tips may be bent into engagement with said cap. The closure cap is provided with a bead that isengaged by the tips of the tongues to hold the cap in place. The inner surface of the top wall of the cap has a facing of some suitable material that will hermetically seal the discharge end of the spout, a suitable material being a disk of paper suitably treated with oil and which may be merely inserted between the discharge end of the spout and the inner` surface of the top wall of the closure cap.

ll will explain my invention more fully with reference to the accompanying drawing showing the preferred embodiment thereof and in which Figure l is a sectional view on line 1 1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a plan view; and hig. 3 illustrates component parts of the structure in separated relation.

Trike parts are indicated by ysimilar characters of reference throughout the different figures.

The receptacle illustrated is of sheet metal, the top side 1 of the receptacle being provided with the spout 2. This spout is formed separately from the receptacle, that is made with an outwardly projecting circular lip 3 that surrounds the circular discharge opening in the receptacle and is itself surrounded by the circular base of the spout. Said lip and spout are fastened tcgether as by soldering.

The circular base of the spout carries upwardly extending tongues t arranged on a circle for irmly binding the closure cap 5 in place. This closure cap is provided with a skirt 6 which carries a circular bead 7 .which surrounds the skirt and Which may be integrally formed with the cap by outwardly curling the edge portion of the cap skirt. This circular bead is of a diameter which is less than the diameter of the circle circumscribed by the tongue `whereby the cap may be brought to position ywithout turning it. This is `the bead is inscrtiblebetween the tongues consequent upon mere longitudinal movement ofthe ca the diameter of the circle circum scribed by the bead being sufficiently small.

By means of a .suitable tool, the upper ends of the exible tongues may be bent or curled over the top of bead to draw the closure cap down over the spout with sulficient pressure to hold the preferably imperforate disk 8 of oil paper or other suitable material in sealing engagement with the discharge end of the spout and the inner surface of the top wall of the closure cap. The axial length of the closure cap is less than that of the spout, so that in curling the tips of the tongues against the top of the circular bead, the cap will be drawn down on the spout firmly to press theA sealing disk between the discharge end of the spoutand the inner surface of the top wall of the cap. This disk or sealing element 8 may be unassembled with the closure cap, being loosely placed on the spout before the application of the cap.

Owing to the dexibility of the tongues, they may readily be uncurled or bent out ward to permit of the removal of the cap for the discharge of material from the receptacle, whereafter the cap and receptacle may again be held together by bending the tongues or locking elements t into holding engagement with the locking bead or element 7.

The base of the closure cap may be curled outwardly and upwardly to form a gutter 9 that is positioned to catch material that flows downwardly upon the exterior of the spout. The tongues l rise from and constitute continuations of the outer rim 10 whichvsur-l rounds the base of the spout and forms therewith the gutter.

While I have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention l do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown, as changes may readily be made without de'- parting from the spirit of my invention, but having thus described my invention l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent the followingz The combination with a discharge opening; of a spout having a circular base secured to said receptacle in line with said discharge opening; aY sltirted a receptacle having Patented dan. ist, lwlltl.

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' cap, the tips of said tongues being adapted to be bent into engagement with the top of said bead to lock the closure cap and spout together, the axial length of the closure cap In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe 20 my name this 16th day of February, A. D. 1917.

GEORGE R. UNKEFER.

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